Sherin & Drake (2009)

Curriculum strategy framework: Investigating patterns in teachers' use of a reform‐based elementary mathematics curriculum

Authors: Miriam Sherin and Corey Drake

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to introduce the curriculum strategy framework as a way to characterize teachers’ interactions with curriculum materials. The framework focuses on three key interpretive activities: reading, evaluating, and adapting curriculum materials. Describing an individual teacher’s curriculum strategy involves identifying the manner in which a teacher engages with each of these activities before, during, and after instruction. This paper presents the results of a study in which the framework was used to identify patterns in the curriculum strategies of 10 elementary‐school teachers who were using a reform‐based mathematics curriculum for the first time. It concludes with directions for further research using the curriculum strategy framework, and implications of this work for curriculum designers.

Metadata

APA

Sherin, M. G., & Drake, C. (2009). Curriculum strategy framework: Investigating patterns in teachers’ use of a reform‐based elementary mathematics curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 41(4), 467–500. doi:10.1080/00220270802696115

BibTeX

@article{Sherin2009, abstract = {The goal of this paper is to introduce the curriculum strategy framework as a way to characterize teachers’ interactions with curriculum materials. The framework focuses on three key interpretive activities: reading, evaluating, and adapting curriculum materials. Describing an individual teacher’s curriculum strategy involves identifying the manner in which a teacher engages with each of these activities before, during, and after instruction. This paper presents the results of a study in which the framework was used to identify patterns in the curriculum strategies of 10 elementary‐school teachers who were using a reform‐based mathematics curriculum for the first time. It concludes with directions for further research using the curriculum strategy framework, and implications of this work for curriculum designers.}, author = {Sherin, Miriam Gamoran and Drake, Corey}, doi = {10.1080/00220270802696115}, issn = {0022-0272}, journal = {Journal of Curriculum Studies}, keywords = {curriculum adaptation,mathematics curriculum,mathematics education,teaching practices}, month = aug, number = {4}, pages = {467--500}, title = Template:Curriculum strategy framework: Investigating patterns in teachers' use of a reform‐based elementary mathematics curriculum, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220270802696115}, volume = {41}, year = {2009} }